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(NOMOdeL) J. C. TBBPE.

FRAME POR DRYING CURTAINS. No. 407,909. Patented July 30, 1889.

UNITED Sterns PATENT OFFICE.

' JOHN O.

TEEPE, OF NEIY YORK, N. Y.

FRAME FOR DRYJING CURTAINS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 407,909, dated July 30, 1889.

Application iiled April 6, 1889. Serial No. 306,241. (No model.)

To all whom, it 717.602/ concern: j

Be it known that I, JOHN CHARLES TEEPE, of the city, county, and State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Frames for Drying Curtains, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of devices that are used for holding and stretching lace curtains while the same are being dried.

The object of my invention is to provide a frame of this kind which canvreadily be adj usted to any length and width, and in which all the pins for holding the curtain are in the same plane.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described hereinafter, and finally be pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view of my improved frame for drying curtains, the same being shown partly extended, parts being broken out. Fig. 2 is a bottom view of the same, the frame being shown partly extended and parts being broken out. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view on the line x Qc, Fig. l. Fig. -i is an enlarged vertical transverse sectional view on the line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clamp for holding the transverse bars on the end of the extensible side bars.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The frame is composed of two main side bars A A, provided with longitudinal grooves B in their upper surfaces, said grooves serving to receive the sliding side bars C, which are shaped to 't and slide in the grooves B and project from each bar A, the upper surfaces of the sliding bars O being slightly above the upper surface of the side bars A. Check pins or screws D project fromthe sides of the sliding bars C at their inner ends and can strike against check screws or pins E, projecting from the upper surfaces of the side bars A near the ends of the same, thus preventing withdrawing the sliding bars entirely from the side bars A. A series of upwardly-proj ecting pins H are secured in the upper surface of each bar A along the outer edge, and

from the Vupper surface of each sliding bar C `a series of pins I project, which are bent at their lower ends so as to form a row,which is in a plane parallel with and adjacent to the plane formed by the row of pins H, and so that the row of pins I can move past the row of pins H in close proximity to the same. Bindingscrews J pass through plates K on the under side of the bars A, and serve to lock the sliding bars O inplace after they have been adjusted to project a greater or less distance beyond the ends of the bars A, according to the desired length of the frame. On the outer end of each sliding bar C a hook-clamp K is secured, which projects from the end of the sliding bar, and serves to receive one end of a transverse bar L, which is adjustable in said clamps, and can be locked to the same by means of a thumb-screw M, screwed through the bottom of said clamp. Each clamp has jaws a, which project over the top of the cross-bar L, and a lug or wing b for holding the clamp on the sliding bar O. Pins O project from the top of the cross-bars L.

The curtain is placed on the frame and pressed down so that the rows of pins H, I, and O pass through the curtain at the edges, and then the frame islengthened and widened until the curtain is stretched, and then the parts of the frame are locked in place by means of screws J and M.

My impro ved curtain stretching and drying frame has the following advantages: When the frame is put together its 'top is flush all over. The pins all have the same height, so that the curtain can be placed properly on every one of the pins and will be perfectly straight and smooth when dry, which cannot be done when some pins are about an inch above or below others. The frame can be taken apart and put together for use very easily and rapidly and occupies very little space when not in use, as it can be folded very coinpactly.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as n ew and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- l. A curtain stretching and drying frame composed of grooved side bars, of sliding bars in the grooves of said side bars and projecting from each end of the same, the upper surfaces of the sliding bars being slightly above IOO the upper surface of the side bars, end bars uniting the outer ends of the sliding bars, rows of pins on the side bars and rows of bent pins on the sliding bars, and pins on the end bars,

' bars, substantially as set forth.

8. In a curtain stretching and drying frame, the co1nbination,with longitudinally-grooved side bars, of sliding bars in said side bars and projecting from the endsl of the saine, the planes of said sliding bars being slightly above the planes of the side bars, cross-bars uniting the outer ends of the sliding bars, and rows of pins projecting from the upper surface of such Side bars along the inner edge, a roW of pins projecting from the inner edge of each sliding bar along the inner edge, said pins on the sliding bars being bent so as io be adjacent to and parallel with the pins on said bars and pins on the cross-bars, Substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I cla-iin the foregoing as `my invention I have signed my naine in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. C. TEEPE.

Witnesses:

CARL KARP, JOHN A. STRALEY. 

